The Palestinian ambassador to Britain said “there is no way” that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) would rule in favour of Israel, and for the first time in history, the “genocide” has been recorded and transmitted live by the people who were executed, Anadolu Agency reports.

Husam Zomlot’s remarks came during a news conference in London on the ongoing Israeli attacks and genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel before the ICJ in the Hague in the Netherlands.

Touching on the Israeli attacks, Zomlot said the destruction of Gaza is a “deliberate genocide and ethnic cleansing…deliberate in its intent and execution.”

Read the full report here.

Husam Zomlot — Photo via X
Husam Zomlot — Photo via X

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